Eugene City Guard.
I. I. CAMFBBLL. PraatUtnr.
EUOKNE CITY ORKOON
P-paln's ultimate conclusion Is likely
to bo tlmt Columbus iniide a great mls
tske. In nny event the IpuWli having
ryletad Minister woodtord, can claim
they "Ured" tin- llmt big Run.
Ociiornl Crant's grandson serving on
Ocncral Kltxhtigh IoB staff IndlculeH
tliat OM war In over, anyhow.
It mny In- Illiterate generally sponk
Itig, Imt Npiiln In going to rollalH.riito
In writing some remarkable pngcn of
history.
Victor Hugo Midi "Kvery man In the
Hon of his own Invention." If Victor
wns right Dr. Calling, of Cleveland,
muHt 1m' a son of a gun.
Kjmln richly deserves pnnlHliinent, of
course, but we doubt whether she rcil
ly diwrrcs such trentineut na the
American newspaper isn't are giving
her now.
One of the Rhode Inland churches
Iirh WftlfWd the astonishing feat of
getting through with a "Jile supper"
containing fourteen varieties of (do.
Think of linking religion and Indfgos
tloul The Greek scholar l'mgntsls la con
vim d that he him discolored the grave
of Themlstoclen. Should he lc mis
taken he will have committed a grave
error, and, to a certain extent, put him
self In the hole
The Philadelphia Ledger head" an
editorial " 111 ImM (lOT Ilay'a London
Address," and then, Instead of telling
whore the ambaaHador Uvea, quotes
from one of hlM speeches. Is this treat
ing the public fairly?
A Vienna authority sweetly remarks
that "it muHt not In' torgOttOB that the
nineties of Kuropciin diplomacy are en
tirely loMt iii dealing with Nueh n people
aa the A rlcnns." It must not tn- for
gOttMS, either, that the Americans nre
not lying awake at night on that ac
count.
OceiiMlonally the llavami puinT find
time enough to Indulge In humor of a
rare quality. That Havana editor who
explained to hit reader that "tSeneral
Lee li ft Havana Inn-miso he waa too
cowardly to remain longer" will exer1
encc no dtttlculty In getting a good Job
on Puck or Judge Just aa hood aa the
unpleasantness la over.
A hundred yeara ago nations went
Into war In a leisurely sort of way.
There were no telegraph-wires, no en-bh-s,
no rapid lire guns, no tremendous
eiiglueM of war, no armor-lM'lied ships.
Bcletico Iiiim changel (he whole aspect
of war. Tin' (MM of battles hangs to
day upon the iiil'k eye, the prompt de
cision, the llghtultlgltke rapidity of BX
eculluti w ith which the new appliances
of warfure are employed.
The South In receiving high pmlso
from the Northern press for the mm
iilmlty with w lih'h Its Itomfori and
Itcprcsoiitntlvc voted for the $."0,000,
000 appropriation for national defense.
'1'h.' South Is the most Interesting part
of this eountry. It has more Inherent
piH'try and rnmamv than nil the rest
of the land put together; lta lilatory
conlaltiH the moHt ImprcHHlve drama of
mod, rn tiini'N, ti 1 hi it bus produced
Matesmen and soldiers aa great aa any
In the Ktigllsh-spcnklng world alnco
William the Conqueror.
Tbt argument against the wearing
of the feather of aong bird In DOnBOtl
are autlb'leiitlv Ktaong ami suttlclently
numerous without roiortliig to such n
Ntatettient a that made by Iiev. Hugh
O. Pent .-cost, In a rSCSOt aermon, that,
"If Cod had meant women to wear
feathers he would have made feathers
gTOS on them." .lust as well might It
be said, "If Hod had meant people to
Wear clothe lie would have made
clothe on them." Hut n logical ab
aurdlt or tiro may ! forgiven when
one w ho Is doing effective work against
the useless slaughter of the blrilit.
That travel toward Alaska Is falling
off I an afMbllahad fact, and people
arc trying to account for It. One lea
aon given I the war with Spain. It I
far (TOO) U'lng acceptable. When n
mini becomes Inoculated with the goM
feur he Is not likely to stay nt home
for the piirpttaa of shouting for the old
Bag, nor give up the prospect of a for
tune ao as to I' enabled to get a lash
from an unfriendly machete. It I not
difficult to understand, however, that
the stories of ilcath along the northern
trails, of etarviitlon and frosT, and the
gloomy report of thiiso who vainly
Bought to win glittering plenty there,
might easily tend to cheek the malady
and at lat clear the system entirely of
the fevor BrCTObea
(ioverumeut bonds have fallen some
what sltuv the Maine disaster, but thl
doe not mean that the public BUppOBJt
the I'ultisl v.i'i'i would Ih U'liten In a
trfll with Sttu, aay the St. Uutta
UlotM UetiHH-rat. Neither doeB II mean
that the ( ioverumeut' CTOdlt I low
ci i-l due of the things It mean I
that many luvitirv lnlleve a war
would bring nueh a demand for money
that a higher rate of lntrt for It
could In' lutd than lioverntneiM lmnds
provide. Hence there I n llKwdtion,
oil the pari of many holder of lioild.
to ..ell In onler to I' pri-pai I to take
inlwiiitage of the evs'iisl urgent de
BMU4 fur money In various eutertriea,
guverniiiilitiil and other, aixl to get the
higher rate of lneret, w hich they look
for. Thl lemlitH-y to Bat mmiiI BOOdl
down.
Aatoolabtag dlarioattrai a to the dif
Acuity of acurini riH-nilt for the army
wei' made by the I'hlladelphla liOdgBT
Stations had Iss'ii optMied 111 tti.it city,
atid one day P' applicant were ex
auilncd. Only four of the 100 wuld
pass Ihe teat and were accosted. Thou
aand of men have olYcivd to inl1t In
I'hlladelphla lme the war began, but
only a Htiinll projiortloii of them have
tiocii aeeeptiil, all the rml having ls n
turiieil away on account of mental or
phy-i. al dlsalilliiy, priuclNilly th lat
U't, lu.' the uieutal requlrvuicuta lu
r!ud nothing harder than almple math
ntnatle, ami prevloua exiierlenca la
not cMctitlal a In the cane of the navy.
The Ledger think thai such figure In
dicate a degree of physical mainlna
an g the applicant ao low that It
should engage the attention of scien
tific student. The only consolation It
can offer I that "It I not Improbable
that many of the applicant were of the
aort that hnve failed to meet the phyl
cnl nsiilrenienta of ordinary trade
and Industrie."
The recent NQVMl made by the pres
ident of the CnlviTlly of Chicago for
an add ' fo.000,000 to Ih- added to
It endowment fund shows how o,st)y
n thlint a griit university I. This In
stitution I one of the youngest of tho
gri-at sehiMiU of the country; It ha al
ntidy MCOlTed In endowment alut
ia,tKM,0i0, but y"t there Is an annual
detlrleucy of somMhlng like $200,(SK),
which Is not ptQ Tl dad for and has to bo
raised from outside B0QTMB. 'J'o pro
vide for this almut $.',000,000 more
should I added to the revenue pro
ducing fimdn of the I net! tattoo. Tho
I'nlverslty of Chicago Is not In this re
soet an excopilon to the gem-nil rule
In this country. It costs orer $1,000,1)
annually to run Harvard I'nlverslty
and Its etwlowmetit I alout 00,000,000,
Yale has fumla aggnwitlng 14,003,000,
and yet the Ituitltutlon Is poor and Is
always presd for adeiptate funds to
carry on lta educational work. Colum
bia, In the city of New York, has $!,
400,110 III fllli.l, but It N restricted 111
each of lis departments by lack of imn
ey. Some of the other universities In
this COUUtr having large productive
funds are; Cornell, New York, $U,:t(HI,
000; Clrard, Pennsylvania, Bl&810,000j
Johns Hopklrw, Maryland, tffOOjOOOi
Leland Stanford Jr., California, $3,
oOO.OOO; Nortliwestern, Illinois, $'J,1'-..
000; Tufts, Maaaiu'liUKetts, $l,"oo.os;
UntTnraky of Penney rraaia, 3S2io00;
andeibllt I'nlverslty, 11,10000, ami
Wesleynn I'nlverslty, $I,17'J,II0. The
DUnrbef of Hchils with endowments of
less than $1,N,000 are to bo counted
by the score.
There Is n dlsisisltlon to reganl Texas
as one of the very backward Slates In
tin' I'nlon. This ImprisHshm may, In
some paapeotBi ! not altoiretner incor
rect. Hut Iii many other roe pacta TexaM
has made progress. Especially In re
ganl to pular nioniJIly and In the
uialntenaiMv of law andonler the Slate
of the lone star Is cresting 11 rociml
that some Northern and Eastern Statin
might Imitate with credit to them
selves. Some years ago the adinlnlsini
t Ion of criminal Justice In Texn was
principally In the hands of the lynch
law courts. QreBt outrages were per
Hlra1el In the name of humanity de
manding redraw for brutal crimes. Dill
BOCtOty did not get belter. The rule of
violence did not bring peace and otM
dlenoe to law. The mini of advanced
thought and Ihe friends of sm-1iiI order
In Texas found that In many InatBnceB
partepi in most oaeeB in public vio
lenee the pea Mist of the county or
city or town, as the ease might be,
nude no effort nt effectual rsBlatance
when a nob attempted to take a prut
oner out of his hands for the BXeen
lion of summary popular Justice. It
waa then thought that If Officer
chargisl with the ciMisly of prisoners
were held to a closer accountability for
the prisoners In their care the rule of
rtoience might ! brought to an end or
al lea.st PeB trained. The Texas I'gls
laiure, therefore, paaaed a law which
peris'tually (llsiUalllbsl for office In
effis-t dlHfratu'hlsisl any sheriff, OepU
ly, iimstable, k1Icc ollbi-r or Jailer w ho
should penult a prisoner lo Is- (Bken out
of his hands by a mob for lynching
pntpoBBB. 11 i a matter oi otBclal rec
ord that since the enactment of this
law not 11 single lynching case has
curred In the Slate.
The wisdom and unwisdom of self
re-prisAslon Is carefully weights! by
Mary B, ltahiwin, in a paper on "Safety
Valves In Home Life," In which she
OOUtendl that a high pnvssurc life calls
for some procootrre tneaauraa, and tho
woman w ho BJkjBgea mind and head lu
her puipOBBi BYen thoiinh she may not
I' classed among public workers, In
Htlncllvely M'i'1,1 her safety valves.
These are peculiar to her Individuality,
and suit, ns she Imagines, her Inssls;
bill MNDatlnOI they are nut ebOBBB
w Isely, ami arc overustsl. The Inteuia
nature, with the gTelitiwt nissl for let
ting off steam, Is the one who will
make the mistake In this dlns-tlon. The
home of such 11 woman I often a place
where tragedy i frequently enacted.
Her nervous system, wrought up to a
point bordering upon ftvn.y, her men
tal and physical anergics following Us
lend, there come a moment when the
strain must ls rellevisl or mind and
body will both give way. It Is not an
easy thing to acquire the habit of w ith
holding the worst from the dearest
friend, and showing id m only the beat;
imt it is poaerble arhen the baart i
right and the BMTPOBB has even a germ
of strength. One brave, gentle woman
COOJlded to a friend bet experience In
trying to relieve the tension of tulml
ami spirit Without giving discomfort to
those whom she lovisl. Her piano he
came her abiding frlcml whenever she
felt the ins.! of letting herself down
from a too highly strung condition. Sin
played off her noMoga ami gradually
bis anie calm. The woman with mental
rinouree. ami wilh wise dlscrimlna
Hon, will learn to choose her safety
Vulval with reference to the comfort
ami pence of the home, and will thus
Uud a gain In self n-spivt anal In
strength of w ill.
Mrs. lircen twho thinks of hiring i
Hut Is the girl turnout? Can sjie Ik
tnjBtadl Mr. Hrown tthe girl's (OfBMt
mlsttvwo You iisl not ls In the least
alarmed. She Is perfectly honest. All
the time she was with BM 1 never knew
her l take a thing not even my ad '
vice as to how things should 1h done
Boston Tninscrlpt.
one in vi j n'f.i'1 111 in'r manner,
remarked Willie Wastilngton. "Per
Imps," was the reply, "but h)ic has a I
heart of gold." "So I have BOM In i
formed. Hut I am tired of trying to 1
cross a conversational Chllkoot Pass In
NSka tm I', I.. I I I. I. .
order to reach It." Washington Star.
"My di-ar Miss Hullyan," said the 1m
IMS'Ulllolls youth. "1 love von more ttinr
: 1 can tlml wortls to U4- " "W.JI
then," IntiH-ruptisI the tielresa. "why
don't you try' ttguivar Chicago Newt
Talk la so rltcap that much of It in
to la d'ssMd of at a big dtacei'Bt
WHAT THEY DO.
All night long the little stars blink;
All night long they twinkle and wink;
All nlgbt long, when we're fast asleep,
Through the crack In the sliutler they
peep, S'i. peep.
Hut what do they 'I" "hen the daylight
collie ?
When the sun wake up nnd hi big.
round eye
Btarc and stares at the big. round sky,
The little stars BBBtUt right down lu their
nest,
And their bright eyes clone, while tiny
ret, ret, rest,
And flint's shut they do when the duy-
light comes.
All day long In the wnrm summer time.
The ioilsi blossom and creep uud climh;
All BOOMBeT long when the south winds
blow,
They nod their heads and they grow,
grow, grow,
Hut where do they go when Jack Frost
Comes ?
Tbey wrap themselves In their faded
gown,
And they take a trip to the rootlet towns.
When tho Icicle fringes begin to grow
And the air Is full of the snow, auow,
now,
And that's where, they go when Jack
Frost comes.
And the little ones chatter tho whole day
long,
Of building nnd weaving nnd lOBBflfl and
song.
All dny long In the merriest way.
They laugh, and they work, and they
play, play, play."
But what do tliey do when the Ireaiii-
innn comes?
They nod nnd forget all their Joys and
cant;
And they fold their hands, and they say
their prayers;
And under the blanket they gladly creep,
And they close their eyes, and they sleep,
sllsyp, Bleep,
Aim! that's wlinl they do when the Dream-
man conies.
Utlca Qlobe,
JIEIl UNAVAIL
ING SACRIFICE.
T wua very quiet,
very tianqull, In
barracks that day,
and from tho de
serted grounds,
whuro only a aoll
tary sentry or two
paced up and
down, none of the
usual barrack room
talk, laughter, or
singing could Is'
heard. For every
Midler, bund man, and OfflOOT had I n
called to the officers' pollCS quarters,
where a fellow soldier was being tried
for his life by the court inartliil. It
was during the revolutionary days,
when pOWSf was vested 111 the hands
of the military. They had the right to
any whether or not Private Santiago
Moreno was guilty of manslaughter,
ami whether, In payment thereof, he
should die.
No women were present III the grim,
fortress like quarters; only the sol
diers who stood 111 silent, stem rows
, around the risiin. On the dais sut the
colonel, the mayor, and some lesser of
fleers; fronting them, straight nud
erect, with shoulders thrown back,
si 1 the prisoner, Santiago Moreno.
He was a good looking fellow, and the
slur en Ills uniform lapel showel that
tie had received credit "for valor In the
Held." Not n Bicker of an eyelid, not
a movement, showed what he felt;
there was not even a tremor when the
colonel, lifter long ami grave discus
sion, at the last stood up, with the
other officers grouped alsmt him, and
pronounced the sentence of death -"that
on the morning of the following
day, Private Santiago Moreno would be
SBCOrtcd to the plains of San Ucrotilmo,
11ml there be put by Ihe Icy dc filga to
death.14 That was all. The prlaottat
drew himself up, and saluted, his face
no more concerned than that of the
nu n about him, and was taken to his
cell
The soldiers melted away, group by
group. 10 DM of them displaying sor
row, some unconcern, and others
anger, For the slaying of hi compan
ion In mills by Private Moreno had
been a ery cold blooded and more than
usually wicked deed) even In n coun
try where wicked deeds arc common.
Tot with deliberate Intention Moreno
bad waited for the other, after parting
with his sweetheart, Panclia, and cool
ty and methodically bored a dagger
straight to his heart. For It he had
offered no eXCUBe or defense, stilting
merely that the murdered soldier had
"annoyed Panehltai tlmt n cabailero
cannot allow such a thing ns the mo
lesting of his iiovla."
lu his small stone cell once the room
set apart for those about to suffer In
(he auto da fe of the Inquisition days -Private
Moreno walked about, whist
ling a gay Mexican diinr.a. hunting the
while for writing materials, lie want
ad to write adlos to his sweetheart, he
stated lightly (o the Warder, who was
eying him warily, one hand on his pis
tel. Though Moreno might not Is- arm
ed, he was a man to he watched. Hut
at the prisoner's wish to write a note
to PnnChlta, the warder's face relaxed,
and he offered to Hud psaefl and pnior.
For PanchltB WM his own cousin, nnd
every one loved the gay, pretty girl,
with her artless. Innocent ways that
had lunsl two men on to death.
Poor III tie Panchlta! Five minutes
nftcr lbs death sentence had been pro
BOUnCSdi she knew of It, and, her dir
lockcu. was lying nice downward on
the cold stone floor, moaning and cry !
Ing to the Virgin for help. It had all
Ikvii her fault, ns she knew through
her two men would go to punitory,
ami how would she answer for them?
On the shrine In-fore her. decked out
In blue and white, was a tiny, yellow
Image of the Christ, with bhnnl stnLicd
tody and ban N I'tidertieath 1 1 1 tit
hung the holy pictured face of the Vir
gin, and to the two, Panchlta. weak
and faint from long fasting and cry
ing, was pouring out heart and soul.
Only that Sautlsgo ber Santiago -might
be saved somehow In some
way. Ay bueii Pdos Marie madrv de
IMos- take her life her soul for tor
turv lu purgatory only let Santiago
escape! Tim weak to pray aloud, she
had crawled before tho ahrlnc. ami
with burning, tear covered fiuv was
faintly whispering her petitions.
The girl drew herself up numbly on
bet knees, sobs that came from her
very soul still shaking her si b-r
Isnly. A sound outside startled her,
until she reuiemln-rcd that Santiago's
motibw had come to we. p end lament
with her owe mother. Out there, In the
patio, they were lamenting and wall
ing with loud cries, lion 1 id they
do It llko Halt-walling and shrieking
so that the neighbors lid hear? BOW
angry Santiago would be If he could
Inar them making such n nolae over
him! Hhe cast ons more pitiful glance
nt the Virgin, but the sweet, calm face
was so quiet, so restful, so little dls
tnrbsd. What was the use to ask her
anything? No. there was no help. Mhe
stood lip, tottering, and moved over to
the window. There was 00 one In
sight; the hot sunshine poured down on
the yellow sandy Itreet and the gray
nilola- wnlls. Out In IhB middle of the
calh-Jon some dogs nnd small children
rolled and tumbled In the dust to
gether In high glee. A burro, with mel
ancholy fnce ami long, drooping cars,
munched alfalfa, while bis owner
drank pulque In the pulque shop m ar
by. It wna all so ordinary, so every
day; nnd yet Santiago was to tie shot
to-morrow I That la nnlesa she could
think of a plan to BVS him.
There was n BOddefl clatter, and the
children seattcri-d rapidly, with many
duckings and bobblngs of their small,
fat bodies, as good Padre Francisco, n
his pacing mare, turned the corner and
went rapidly down the atreit. Hehlnd
him nsle a BfOae 09 a hacienda horse.
Panchlta thought dully that some one
at the pulque hacienda of San Juan
must Is- very ill and BTUtad the padre
for confession. It would be a long ride
for the g'ssl old man, bi-cuuse Saa
Juan was many miles away. He would
be absent from the town for over a day.
Pulling at the airings of his soutane,
Padre Francisco rode on, his old black
cloak flapping la the breoBs. it was so
old and shabby that even Panchlta'
dim eyes could not but remark It. Pmir
Padre Francisco, with no one to look
nftcr his clothes he waa a gml mini,
nnd really di-servod a In-tter cloak than
that shabby thing! Perhaps, If she
asked her father, he would allow her to
take the cloak that had belonged to her
uncle, a priest of the same order as
Padre Francisco, to give to the latter
good man. Ami the Insnl that the padre
wore, covering hla head and nearly all
his face waa ever anything seen like
It? One could, of a surety, wear It to a
masquerade; in-rhaps she might lsrrow
It for the next "Halle de Museums " At
the thought she laughed and choked
It would In- a gmnl disguise.
The next moment she was weeping
ber heart out, pressing passionate kiss
es on the cold fis-t of the ivory Christ.
He had hoard her, after all, and the
virgin had helped her Interceded for
her! For now she knew what to do.
nnd Santiago should ln saved. There
was a plan the Holy Mother had sent
It to her. Now to carry It out.
At tl o'clock that evening Ihe soldier
on guard In-fore Santiago's dmir admit
tisl without question the thin, stooped
form of Padre Francisco, cloaked and
h led lu his usual manner, and carry
lug prayer-books and rosary, The good
father was silently telling Ills beads,
and the soldier bowed humbly nud
erossisl himself as he opened the door.
sin-aklng no word. For 110 Oatbollc ll
privileged to address .1 priest w ho Is
counting his rosary beads It la a sign
that silence Is desired.
The cell ihnr opeliisl and closed l
lently after the padre, and :he watches
outside heard a mothered, Impatient
ejaculation from Private Moreno, who
was smoking a cigarette nud trying to
write that adlos to Pnnchlta, Then tin
diKr was locked, for the padre was go
Ing to confcMM the prisoner, and tin
guards retired, laughing at the Idea of
confession for Santiago the wickedest
dog In the army of Mexico.
Indulging In Che doorway, the soldiers
speculated bully as to what was golni
on in the condemned ceil, it was si
OUlet Not even a murmur could In
beard, and Dually the men ngreisl that
the pndre was praying silently, with
lUttlagO cursing lu the Other corner of
the room.
It was ilnrl; quite dark -w hen Padre
FranclSCO came out. with head bowed
lower than ever, clonk Wrapped discon
solately BDOUt him. and lingers still tell
ing his In-ads. He had Invn there for
an hour, and surely Santiago was cither
talktsl down or .had ny lids time.
"Shall we go and Beer askisl a guard.
"No, hombre; let the poor brute
alone," said another.
To the men who watched all night
for fear that the prisoner might esrspo
It Boomed n century before midnight
gave way to the darkness that comes
before dawn, though lo the prisoner -qulen
salnd Such waiting Is iinrd even
on the men who are not to die, and
there was n sound of relief when nt last
the tlrst bugle sounded: It was time to
get the prisoner and march. Hocause
a soldier Is allowed two privileges 1,1
Ik- eXCCOted before dawn, and to In?
shot In his uniform. Then- was no
need to change the clothes of Private
Santiago Moreno; so fur ns costume
w as concerned, he srsi ready.
In front of the prison. Bttffly drawn
up Into line. In the darkness, stoml the
squad of the Twenty-third (Private
Moreno's own regiment), who were to
kttend to the "law of tin-," and In the
Corridor waited Impatiently the two
guards w ho were detailed to walk 011
either side of him. The prisoner, how
ever, was not ready; ami deep disgust
and scorn was shown on every face
when Hie warder appeared and stated
grimly that the prisoner was Weeping
coruo 1111 nine, ami had begged one mo
incut's grace. Weeping, Indeed I A
pretty way for a soldier of the Tw enty
third to die! And men who had thought
privately that they would aim low lu
the ley d fiiga, hardemsl their hearts
a coward did uot deserve such treat
BBBfiL
Thai the prisoner, barely visible In
the gray dawn, was perfectly calm and
eoininis.s.l when he did appear made no
difference to them, perhaps he had
BMBtOted up some courage, after his
weeping, but he had played the cow urd
for all that, ami a coward's dith was
no loss.
Out mi the tiare. swampy plains of
Sau Cieroulnio. Just w hen- Mount AJus
w risen up bleak and rock -coverm!. whs
the place of execution. The walk was
not long for the men, to the sound of
the muffled man-tin. but very dreary
There was hardly light enough to see
each other's fsces, and the trwe and
cactus slirutw loomed up gray and
ghostly along the side of the rocky
tralL Aa for the condemned man.
though he might have played the part
of a coward In the prison, there wns no
sign of fear uow. W un un .
steps almost out-distancing the regu
lar pace of the others, he walked out
bravely, as though going to another
d ration by el preside..!.-. Insiead of
to the death of n murderer, nt Un
hands of the very men with whom he
had fought at Ma ta nana ami Uosos
I and otln r places, arm to arm. back to
hack. . , . .
Here was the pot. And. with his
1 back to AJiisco. his fori sinking Into
: the damp ground, nnd the gray mist of
j t turning resting like a pall about
' him tin- prisoner was allowed to stand
i fr a 1110 nt. while the Captain made
j a brief address, concluding with the
statement that only ln-.-nuse the prison
! er was a soldier the "law of lire" would
I ie put into effect; when the word "uno
1 was prOBOUliciHl he was to run for his
I life. On the craggy side of AJusco, he
might find shelter, perhaps. l DO -floa
traff would In- counted; nt "tres"
the squad would Are. Therefore be
would bava to bnstcn-othcrwlse, Uod
have mercy on his soul.
"tSDCton I" The soldier stood on
guard.
"Fno!" wns counted slowly. The pris
oner Bioml stock mill, nnd the man
QMLreSt swore that there was u Hinlle
on his fnce. "Dos!" (Olos de la vlda,
wns he paralysed, that he could not
run. even to save his life T) and lit last,
alowly, "Tres! Fire!"
Motionless, borrifled, the men bad
watched. Still tbe prisoner stood there,
head up and shoulders back. At the
sound of the "tn-s," however, muskets
wen- lowered, and every hammer pull
ed, out thundered tbs salute of bullets.
a veritable hall of them, oml the soli
tary, pathetic flgnro tottered, then
reeled over, face downward. In the
damp grass. Dead, of count how
could It be otherwise? The Cnptnln
should havelooked to make sure, but he
wanted hi breakfast and some cognac;
merely glnnclng casually nt the bodjr,
he gave the order to inarch, and with
the innrchn once more ringing out the
men tramped back through the light of
the coming day to barracks and break
last, leaving the dead man alone on the
plain.
'Tin- next day Private Santiago Mo
re no himself, whom we hnve seen shot
mid left dead on the San (leronlmo
plains, was there at sunset, pale,
crazed Willi grief, nnd holding 111 Ids
arms n dead Innly In the uniform of a
soldier, but Willi the tWeet, peaceful
face of n woman who hnd offered up
her life for n friend. When the sun
went down his lifeless form remained,
sllll clasping even In death- the oilier
lxnly that had bis-n thought his San
Francisco Argotinut.
There nre forty varieties of the to
bacco plant.
A Chinaman eats twice ns much meat
ns n Japanese.
Koothlnoks are seldom seen on the
stixs-ts of Berlin,
III the whole of Crisis- there are only
io2 Dewnpapera
A Kaffir! religion consists mootly in
alngliig and dancing.
In India there Is n fly which attacks
and devours large spiders.
Silver money ISO years old Is still In
Circulation In sonic parts of Spain.
A map of Jerusalem In mosaic, over
l.rsm yeans old, has ln'cn found lu Pal-
CHllllf.
Tile River .Ionian makes the greatest
ib-seeiit In the shortest distance of al
most any stream.
Massachusetts contemplates the ex
pendlture of $,i for the Illumination
of the dome of the State house.
it is estimated that at least 1,000,000
imumlri of robber is annually used ta
the manufacture of bicycle tires.
The average duration of human life
lu Kuropean countries Is greatest lu
Sweden and Norway and lowest In It
lily and Austria.
Admission to HolyrOOd palace and
chapel will hereafter In' frm-, the llrtl
Mi government having decided to dis
continue the Inking of fees.
Italy has (allowed New York's lead In
lighting the spitting habit. Notices 111
many streets and railroad cars request
passengers to abstain on the grounds
of decency and health.
Mr. Lea of Worcestershire nance
fame, left nn estate of h800000j his
partner, Perrin, left nearly ns much.
Tliey began life as druggists lu a small
w ay lu an BngUab country town.
Minister, in Westphalia, has n public
sciimii which has Just celebrated the
1,100th anniversary of Its foundation.
It in the st. Paul gymnasium, ami was
originally a convent school.
One French citizen Is doing Ids In-st
to save his coon try from depopulation.
new recruit 111 Paris Startled the en
rollment board by announcing that he
wns the thirty fourth child of his
fill her.
The Theater Hal In Paris.
M. Blanc, the new prefect of police
in Paris, has begun his administration
by the Issue of a stringent ordinance
Bgalnsl women's high trimmed hats In
the parquet and baliMiiy seats of the
metropolitan theaters. The rule does
not apply to women In the lnxes. Curi
ously enough, a similar rale was enact-
d at the close of the last century by
tin- chief of the Parisian nillee, whoso
name was not M. Hlanc. but M. Nola
1'he same edict delvarred all women.
eZCepI those of the arlstiK-mey, from
appearing In theaters ami places of
public n-sort with rouge ou their
hecks.
Measuring lapen Mnde or Steel.
Steel tain's for measuring are made
In lengths varying from thnn- to l imn
feet. Tapes of 1,000 feet In length nr
made only out eighth of an Inch In
width, so as to save weight, and arc
usually made to order. Tapes of great
length arc usisl In bridge and railroad
work and In measuring streams Some
times two 1.IMI finl tapes are J.iim-d
lu measuring.
The Final Printers.
The tlrst printers us,,! i lir. ,.,,.
on one side of a ngo. and then pastel
together the two blank pngn to give
Ibe Impression of one leaf.
There Is enough M ( ,pa ,(l
cover LJM square miles of Brad wltL
a Isyer oue uille Id thhkucss.
LET US ALL LAUGH.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF
VARIOUS HUMORISTS.
IMcnnaiit Incident- mcrrlne the
World Over - Saying" that Arc
Cheerful to the Old or YouiiB-Kun-ny
Selection, that You Will Knjoy.
ContlanhtS the Trouble.
Ile-The trouble with tini many ieo
pla 111 this world Is that they don't
know cm, ugh to quit wh.-u they are
ahead of Ihe game.
Sl I know It. I ought to hnve quit
wh.-u I got your BOgagi meiit ring, but
1 went ahead and tnarrh-d you.
BsarsaTa
Berkley An honest man itanda no
show Iii Ibis world.
Dixon Who told you that?
Ill Cniinl Posltlon.i
Fweddh--Yaaa, I'm always for the
under dog lu a light.
Mori, ns.--Oh. I could hnve gUBSBBd
that. Charity nnttiriilly begins nt home,
you know.
AOcntle Hint.
Film-What's gisnl for n cold?
Flam- Have yet got the price of two
hot scotch's alnjut you?
Film Yes.
Flam Well, take one of them. St
Louis Post lilspatch.
A Slid Day for the Muc.
"Ah," sighed the pm-t, "I shall be snt
Isfled If 1 can pn since but one line that
will make the world In-tter."
"Say." said the nn't's wlfe,"Jllst come
hnck here and try your hand nt string
ing this clothesline, w ill you?"
Work ut llcliimutca.
I was driving through one of the tn-st
farming districts lu western Ontario n
few years ago. I expressinl my admira
tion. "Yes," said my companion, who kuew
the country thoroughly, "nearly nil the
fiirmers around hero hnve second
Wives."
"Why?" was my surprised Inquiry,
"oh," he answered, "they killed their
first wires making tho farm." Perth
Kaposi tor,
looking Aheud.
"And do you love me for what I am
or for what I was?" coolngll askisl the
old millionaire with one foot In the
grave.
"For what you will be. dourest!" nm
blgnously replied tbe poor girl with n
living to maker-Mew York Journal.
A Pertinent Inquiry.
Tim kins Who Is that solemn-looking
man?
Bbnklna Why, that's OmnUebrh, tbe
great society leador.
Tlmklns Society for the mipprosislon
of what?
A Uiientlonnhle Compliment.
Mrs. Borer Tou beard my appeal
la.-i night in behalf of the advancement
of women?
Mr. Blunt Ob, yea; I wns nn ntten
tlve listener.
Mrs. Borer What did you think of
my arguments?
Mr. Blunt 1 can unhesitatingly say
that they were all sound. Hostoti Cour
ier. Charitable,
Ella Young Llghtwlt wns in n lovely
frame of mind last evening.
Hal lie Hut one can't always Judge
the picture by the frame, you know.
A Natural Deduction.
Wllle Pn, are all blind nsiple Idiots?
Pa Certainly not, Willie. Whatever
put thai Idea Into yiur head?
Willie Well. then, why do they say
"out of sight, out of mind?"
She Never Tried It.
Mr. WabuSfa- Are you fond of repar
tee, Miss Olive?
Miss Olive (of St. LonlS) I don't bo
live I ever drank nny of It. We always
use "Oolong."
A Populur Superstition.
Brown They say that ileenlns with
the moon shining In your face affecta
the bead, but i don't believe It
Jones -Why, certainly. It makes
your head Ibyht Cincinnati Enquirer.
Knpert Testimony.
The Attorney-Yon say you eouhl not
believe this person ou oatbl
The IFKnesn Wo, sir; 01 never beard
the lady swear In me lolfe, sir. The
Yellow Himk.
Oulet Millenary Work.
Literary Critic Haying down a new
book-l Wish every mnld, wife and
mother lu tlie country could road that
book.
Able Editor-Well, run In n line to the
eff.s t that that book Is one which no
woman should In- allowed to see. The
Yellow Hook.
Why He Objected.
Ootor-I wish you would tell those
deaf mutes to stop talking; the noise
disturbs me.
Attendant-Why, how can they make
a noise when they talk with their an
gers? Ioctor - Well, dou't actlona apeak
louder than words?
sip
Wurdrobe.
li ta hni'lni ll,.. l..-i
a iieiu
-,,..1.. for her n.. ..l.'.
"Ah:"
"Oh. Im-xpri-sslble! Panieni..,.
MtlB ball dress with ,IUil trlu .
"I didn't know there Mas I jgj ,
play."
"There Isn't; she OSS that ,r,
turn her new double soiuersai,t ...
i ..... i i'...i
in'iliili A . ooji.e.
Ills Kxcuse.
Mrs. HllllllnTS Isohhlm-, v ..
. , ,,u H
ways finding fault with dm bow y
crythlng I do or any U w rong, nnj , '
never get tired admiring other ...
i-... - u. . . ' '"'ii.
1 n ne.l J on linn. e o In j
you snhl I was your Ideal
Mr. BItmbart That's all right, u t
you livid to your age without reiiu
Ing that only a fool never cbn0
opiuiou r
It Milken ii IMfTi-rrn.
"The man who can profit by ,0
failures Is the om- who g, i, o
this life."
Thafl nil right from yoor ttla
point, but it must in- rememhen
we are not nil fortunate einmgi, t
In business for ourselves."
Tlmt Would He '. ,,, .
"You have brokeu my heart'
sobbed.
-..ll al,n Mnllnl HIM - .. .
,,, nnc .-,., in nil vim,
not to make too much noise alsmt
If pnpn hears you he'll go out am
sninsli your wiieei.
Knew from kxperlsncs.
if l.H .1.1.. I. ...... I
1 oon I UHH you isiyn gel S Hlajf
hnrd lilts ns we dhl when I noj ,, i. . '
said tin- grand fafner,
"Why, grandpa, you didn't have U
cycles when you were n boy , did juuj"
lookers Mnteinaii.
II WH.
OoL Kentuck Yea, tniys, reiueaiht
way buck lu '03, when three hullo
made holes right 111 my hat.
Jolies-llrown Say, colon. I. that nill4
be the hut you've Nam talking I
ever ilnce. New xork livening jw
nai.
A l - i .i.
Julia Before wn were bbviW
Jtltlllts us, d to call me Ids Idol.
JanetOf course.
"Hut since we were married he wami
to be the Idle one."- Vonkcrs Sn.i
man.
Must II. . i . li. . n a l'riuk.
MatMh- Young Dashing Is simply nV
ful.
Glare Why, what lid ha do?
Maude-The very llrst time I ns-t lit3
he had the audacity to put bis sra
around my waist twice.
Clare Is It possible: Why, I hnd nt
Idea Ilia arm was long enough fur thai
He Oldn't Wult Uing.
Purine!- 8o you are limklng for work,
eh? Whnt can you hi?
Trump Well, I once worked In i
chopliouse n waiter.
Pnrnicr Jiust the man I w ant. Iisi
give you a Job In n chophoUM, nnilrm
won't hnve to wait, either. Coiueriji)
out to tbe woodshtnl.
Lioness My dear, did you tmtlivln
neatly h' was dressed?
I. Ion Well, yes, It struck DM tad)
was a very tasty young DUUL QkBjl
Inter Ocean.
Infbraiatton Wsntsd,
'IhifTtou If you ever call mo I U
again I'll shmrt you like a dog. '
HlufTtoti You will, eh? By ttltl
how dot-s n dog shmrt ?
In II -I on.
He I'm not myself to-night.
She-Then how dare you si"! 1
me, sir, without nn IntrodllctloBl
Soitictlllnu I en n il.
Biggs i wonder w hat's wrong s
Knox.
Hlggs Nothing that I kinm 0
BlggS 1 told 111 til 1 w as si
.. , .i.i . .. .. . .... ... .I.,, K
he never suggesti-d a remedy for it-
'1'h. it Lnnitiuiiic of Ours
Tlmkltis- What did she say win'"
promised to her?
Btmpklna siie didn't mj iviLW
Just looked nt me nud then ilnil"
her eyes.
Tlmklns- Poor girl! 1 hopeihsa
break them.
11. .-I W..... Uba KmI Tin'
Ho Darling, l dream of T
nnd dny.
She I'm sorry, but your ilreiims
avail you naught.
ttm Wliv arihat .i.i v.m unflll!
ui..i n.... mi. ,'.n 1 marff
i-io: A iim-11,1 . .... i ...i
.11.1,91 lu, 11-l.l.l,l ,,'.. L-.l ' 11,1
.lr.niers u
apply.
Are toi v riiniu.
hollVat
Dr. Ktirnlt-I never knew onetjB
lilaln In mi- llfii N.-w York Jou"
Alimony on Installment a
Ldds K. Howell was ,llM.rc.iH!
Chtisou the other day from
band, George w. Howell, who J
remembered In Western Knn!M",,(j
tug lumin-r dealer who ib - .
years ngo. Under the terms et
voree decree Mr. Howell inii-t I. (
wife 1o.ihi In Installmcnis
t . .l ine II r. '
UIOIHII. Ill' S now lion-"'-
... . . . slm I
on a salary ami It will nn
tttO yearn AM ellit DMWKM wr-
s-K., sHmamSi
. . ' . ., , .-Id f,rl
ease Is rttsirbsl from Arkansas
where n mnn Is paylifg IO ' Ig
, ..... r .;' a "
" ' ki If"
After procuring this m"" '
. LL. ...,n u-ho. hoW'm-
i in.... I,..- .oen II oil'.
sisis oil iiaiioiuiK '' , . ,h,
.. . iii.l to BSt
vorced wife nnd pays the
till! Oil",' ", .
I, til.- i. eases ii ri r i ut .
a ri'l.rt r. ! I"""
tweon the two women nre a"111
Kansas City Journal.
CyekBM' Mntoh Bos.
A handy match i-v B ' '
. .i... i L- iv a
screw clnmp ai -
enn be attnch.nl to the frame or
bar at a conveuleut poluu
Aa to Tustc.
tit:
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